See the tool here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/95652

And some discussion of the issue here: https://lemm.ee/post/177673

This tool produces a list of instances which have a very high number of users compared to the number of comments and posts. These instances are assumed to have high number of bot accounts on them.

Some other instances have started blocking them, should sh.itjust.works follow suit?

Of course, this need not be permanent, and will be reversed when those instances resolve the issue.

For reference, this is a list of instances suspected of being botted by the tool’s default settings: https://overseer.dbzer0.com/api/v1/instances?activity_suspicion=20&domains=true

Ayes and nays please!

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@imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works

Hey! It’s the hypothetical software we were just talking about!

This sounds really useful. Having to have each admin independently de-federate from spam instances is a huge overhead that a tool like this would help with.

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Wow, this platform is growing up before our eyes.

Thanks https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/db0.

It’s my understanding that db0 was a mod over at r/piracy and was able to get a big chunk of subscribers to come over to Lemmy. Good on him for being one of the only reddit mods to take a stand.

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Nay.

I don’t like bots much, but this is still an assumption. I don’t want to get into preventative de-federation, if it is at all possible to avoid it.

The Meta/Facebook instance(s) should be though.

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Aye.

It’s pretty obvious which ones are botted instances. 30,000 users and 20 total posts on the instance? That’s a bot.

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Not necessarily, my account is on SDF because of their solid uptime, lack of defederated instances, relatively low user count compared to the more bloated instances, and a general appreciation for SDF’s ethos. I generally don’t post in many local communities.

However there will be some where it’s obvious for sure. I just worry about people on lesser know instances that might not allow free creation of communities, but have policies they agree with.

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Aye

I trust that @TheDude has some method of contact available so the offending instance operators can hash out refederation in the future.

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the script in theory removes instances that have handled their spam issue which should also in theory remove from the defederation recommendations, and if there’s regular updates to the federation list, we would refederate without them having to communicate

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removes instances that have handled their spam issue

Ah now that you mention it, that makes perfect sense. Their user count to activity count ratio will improve once they remove the bot accounts.

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matrix

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Aye

But I think Dude should have the right to say no if he doesn’t trust it.

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